2021 Cowcatcher Magazine

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Vintage Essential – January/February 2021: Since its inception 31 years ago, the McKinney Avenue Trolley has evolved from a nostalgic ride in a trendy Dallas neighborhood to a key link in Big D. PLUS, readers say the state of model railroading is good, but growing the hobby remains a big challenge; the Crossville Model Railroad Club in Crossville, TN, runs trains for the public and tells the region’s railroad history along the way; Rapido Trains’ HO Flexi-Flo hopper delivers on detail and variety; and the Vicksburg, Shreveport & Pacific bridge has weathered time to provide a key link across the Red River.

January/February 2021

Pressing Ahead – March/April 2021: Once one of Dallas/Fort Worth’s premier model railroad club layouts, the HO-scale Gulf & Denver Railroad Authority is rebuilding from the ground up. PLUS, a new administration on Capitol Hill that favors rail could hold big things for Amtrak; a thin line of trees provides visually pleasing separation on the N-scale Whitehurst & Pine Ridge Railroad; The Colorado Eagle retained all the amenities of first-class travel 20 years after its arrival; and ScaleTrains.com acquires HO and S tooling from M>T.H. Electric Trains.

March/April 2021

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Big data is getting bigger in railroading when it comes to tracking freight cars. Advancements in telematics are putting freight movements on the map in an effort to improve visibility across the nation’s rail network. The technology aims to improve real-time tracking of freight cars to better compete with other transportation modes.
Visionary Containers

Jacksonville Terminal Co. is keeping alive the aura of three mystic model railroads with its latest container roll-out. JTC debuted its Visionary Series by featuring N-scale shipping containers named after iconic model railroads.
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For more than 40 years, the Houston-based N’Crowd Model Railroad Society, Inc. has promoted model railroading, first as one of the earliest NTRAK clubs in Texas, and later with the Bayou City & Gulf Railroad, a permanent layout in a prominent Houston hobby store.

– Tom Marsh/Cowcatcher Magazine

The National O Scale Convention in June is the first large-scale event to be held in person post-pandemic, and organizers aren’t holding back. …

The National Limited was the Baltimore & Ohio’s featured passenger train, running between St. Louis and New York via Washington, D.C. …

Wall Street and much of the railroad industry, including short lines, are embracing the proposed Canadian Pacific-Kansas City Southern merger, which is expected to create one massive North American rail network. …

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